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The basics
• Hide
If you select this, the key is hidden.
• Properties
If you select this, the Edit Key dialog opens.
In the Edit Key dialog
If the current key is anything but C major/A minor (no acci-
dentals), you can set the key directly in the score:
1. Double-click on the accidentals at the beginning of a
staff.
The “Edit Key” dialog opens.
2. Use the scroll bar to select a key and click OK.
Ö You can also enter a Display Transpose value, see
“Transposing instruments” on page 565.
On the Staff page of the Score Settings dialog
1. Make the desired staff active, open the Score Settings
dialog and select the Staff page.
The Clef/Key section on the Staff page
2. Use the right scroll bar in the Clef/Key section to select
the desired key.
3. Click Apply.
Ö You can select other staves in the score and make
settings for these, without having to close the Score Set
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tings dialog.
Setting the key for a split system
If you have a split system with two staves (see “Split (pi-
ano) staves” on page 583 and “Strategies: How many
voices do I need?” on page 597) you can set different
keys for the upper and lower staff.
1. Click in the system to make one of its staves the active
staff.
2. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page.
3. Set a key for the upper staff.
This automatically sets the lower staff to the same key.
4. If you need to set a different key for the lower staff, ac-
tivate the “Lower Staff” checkbox and set a key for this.
Setting a local key
You can also set a different key for the selected staff only.
This is useful for instruments like oboe and english horn
that change display transpose and therefore also the key.
Proceed as follows:
1. Make the desired staff active, open the Score Settings
dialog and select the Staff page.
2. Activate the “Local Keys” option on the Main subpage
in the Clef/Key section.
Ö This option is only available if “Key changes for entire
Project” is activated in the Score Settings dialog, on the
Project–Notation style subpage (Keys category).
3. Use the scroll bar to the right to set the desired key.
4. Click Apply to set the selected key for the staff.
Transposing instruments
Scores for some instruments, for example a lot of brass in-
struments, are written transposed. Therefore, the Score
Editor provides a Display Transpose function. With this
function notes are transposed in the score without affect
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ing the way they are played back. This allows you to re-
cord and play back a multi-staff arrangement, and still
score each instrument according to its own transposition.
Double-click
here…
…to open the Edit Key dialog.